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"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff) LATEST POSTS:
- Robert Putnam: The Man Who Counted What America Lost
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- Peter Moskos: The Cop Who Talks to People
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- Emily Oster: The Economist in the Delivery Room
- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
- Tanner Greer
- Economist Tyler Cowen
- Richard Reeves: A Life in Institutions
- Jake Adelstein: The Reporter Who Became His Story
- Jim Goad (1961-2026)
- Moira Greyland
- Robert Oscar Lopez: The Inconvenient Witness
- Two Ledgers: Decoding the Gurus and the Price of Talk
- The Pervert’s Progress: Costin Vlad Alamariu and the Making of Bronze Age Pervert
- Curtis Yarvin: A Life Against Democracy
- Mark Helprin: Against the Current
- Mark Brandt: The Man Who Asked Who Else Is Prejudiced
- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
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- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
* Social Cliques in New York, 2026 (5-25-26)
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Category Archives: Articles
A Priest, A Minister And A Rabbi…
Jay Leno got a priest, a rabbi and a minister to tell ‘priest, rabbi and minister’ jokes on the Tonight Show. The rabbi was Levi Cunin of Chabad of Malibu.
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LimmudLA Executive Director Ruthie Rotenberg
David Suissa writes: Ruthie Rotenberg couldn’t make up her mind. She had to choose between two amazing jobs. One was connected to the future of Jewish education in America; the other could potentially re-energize the Los Angeles Jewish community. In … Continue reading
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Your Moral Leader’s Lurid Midnight Confessions
Click here. I really have to work on my lighting in addition to my character. Couldn’t fall asleep until after 5 a.m. today. Khunrum emails: Luke: You seemed to become more unhinged with each new hovel-side chat. I can understand … Continue reading
No Gay Partners At Yeshiva Of Flatbush Reunions
Tamar Fox writes: Last week both the Forward and the Jewish Week reported on a scandal at Yeshiva of Flatbush, a prestigious Modern Orthodox school. In December the school hosted a ten-year reunion for the class of 1997, but openly … Continue reading
Jews In Porn
Tamar Fox writes: There is simply no justification for pornography in any facet of the Jewishly engaged world. No one is saying it’s okay. Of course, that hasn’t kept Jews out of the business. Ron Jeremy and Nina Hartley are … Continue reading
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Gran Salida
Mickey Kaus writes: Since the fall, L.A.’s Unified School District has canceled plans to build 19 new schools and additions because the projected students haven’t materialized. Enrollment is down 7 percent from 2003. The L.A. Times doesn’t even mention a … Continue reading
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Dennis Prager Shreds Victor Davis Hanson
I’d be thrilled with either Mitt Romney or Rudolph Giuliani as the next president. I’ve always admired the classicist Victor Davis Hanson (a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute) but his thinking showed up flabby and shallow on Dennis Prager’s … Continue reading
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“How do you keep girls interested and involved without them getting emotionally involved?”
From RadarOnline: Tuesday night at a Barnes & Noble in Chelsea, nearly 200 members of the "seduction community" turned out to hear bald-headed The Game author and scoring artist (he goes by "Style" in the field) Neil Strauss answer one … Continue reading
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Game Face: Neil Strauss is back with another pickup book
From The Canadian Press: "On my first book tour, the audience was filled with the kind of geeks I was used to. On my second book tour, the audience was filled with frat guys," he says. He was even asked … Continue reading
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I’ve Always Hated Marketing
Whenever I’ve come out with a new book, about half of Americans ask me, "How are you going to market it?" I hate that. I’m not into marketing. I just want to do the work and let my work finds … Continue reading